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Dr. Thijs Bosker | Assistant Professor, Ecotoxicology
Joint appointment in NRE and Center for Environmental Sciences and
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Education | Experience | Research
Interests | Publications
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Education
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Ph.D.
2007
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University
of New Brunswick (Canada), Aquatic Toxicology
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M.S.
2002
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Wageningen University (the Netherlands), Sustainable Agriculture (Plant Science)
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B.S.
2000
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Wageningen University (the Netherlands), Environmental Sociology (Plant Science)
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Experience
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2011-
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University
of Connecticut, Assistant Professor in Ecotoxicology
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2010-2011
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Director
of Animal Care, University of New Brunswick at Saint John (Canada)
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2009-2011
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University
of New Brunswick (Canada), Post-Doctoral Fellow, Canadian Rivers
Institute
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2002-2005
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Centre
for Agriculture and Environment (the Netherlands), project manager
and researcher
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Research
Interests
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My research
uses both laboratory and field studies to better understand the
impacts of contaminants on fish health, especially during the
critical life stage of reproduction. I have developed laboratory
tools to determine the impacts of pharmaceuticals and complex
effluents (such as municipal effluents or industrial effluents) on
fish reproduction. In addition, I conduct field experiments to assess
the impact of contaminants in complex and dynamic receiving
environments such as estuaries.
I use both
freshwater (e.g. fathead minnow) and marine (mummichog and Atlantic
silversides) species in my research, and I am interested in impacts
of environmental variables, such as temperature and salinity, on fate
and effect of contaminants. I
measure the impacts of contaminants at different levels of biological
organization, including changes in gene expression, sex steroid
levels, egg production and fertilization
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Publications
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Peer
Reviewed Manuscripts
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| Doyle, MA., T.
Bosker, and K.R. Munkittrick, K.R. In Press. The potential use of Atlantic
silverside (M. menidia) for monitoring estuarine pollution.
Journal of Environmental Management.
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Bosker T., KR.
Munkittrick, and DL. MacLatchy, 2010.
Challenges and opportunities with the use of biomarkers to predict
reproductive impairment in fishes exposed to endocrine disrupting
substances. Aquatic Toxicology 100:9-16
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Bosker T., LM.
Hewitt, KR. Munkittrick, and DL. MacLatchy,
2010. Using a refined short-term adult fish reproductive test for
mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
to test complex effluents. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73:
1596-1601
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Bosker T., LH. Hewitt,
M. Doyle and DL. MacLatchy, 2010. Effects
of neutral sulfite semi-chemical pulp mill effluent in the mummichog
(Fundulus heteroclitus)
adult fish reproductive test. In press Water Quality Research Journal
of Canada
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Bosker T., LM.
Hewitt, KR. Munkittrick, SD. Melvin and DL. MacLatchy,
2009. The effects of final treated effluent and in-mill waste streams
from a Canadian thermomechanical pulp and
paper mill on mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) reproduction. Water Quality
Research Journal of Canada 44 (4): 333-344
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Bosker T., KR.
Munkittrick and DL. MacLatchy, 2009.
Challenges in current adult fish laboratory reproductive tests:
suggestions for refinement using a mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
case study. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(11): 2386-2396
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Melvin
SD., KR. Munkittrick, T.
Bosker and DL. MacLatchy, 2009.
Sensitivity of mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) and fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
exposed to pulp mill effluent in adult reproductive tests: detectable
effect size and bioassay power. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry 28(11): 2416-2425
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Bosker, T. and KR.
Munkittrick, 2009. Often Overlooked: Biological QA/QC. Integrated
Environmental Assessment and Management 5(3): 489-491
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Oosterveer P., T. Bosker and G. Spaargaren, 2003. Negotiating risks: About (the
lack of) trust of consumers in food. Tijdschrift voor Socialwetenschappelijk Onderzoek van de Landbouw 18(1): 55-60 (In Dutch).
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Bosker T., NJ.
Hoekstra and EA. Lantinga, 2002. The
influence of feeding strategy on growth and rejection of herbage
around dung pats and their decomposition. Journal of Agricultural
Science 139: 213-221
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Hoekstra NJ., T.
Bosker and EA. Lantinga, 2002. Effects
of cattle dung from farms with different feeding strategies on
germination and initial root growth of cress (Lepidium sativum L.). Agriculture, Ecosystem &
Environment 93: 189-196
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Other scientific
contributions (Selection)
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7
Technical report (published in the Netherlands and Canada)
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>30
presentations in 2007-2011, of which >15 on international scientific
conferences.
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Instructor
in 4 short-courses, 2 at international scientific conferences
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Dr. Thijs Bosker
Assistant Professor in Ecotoxicology
Department of Natural Resources & the Environment
Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering
University of Connecticut
1376 Storrs Rd. Unit 4087
Storrs, CT 06269-4087
Tel: 860-486-1677
Fax: 860-486-5408
Email: thijs.bosker@uconn.edu
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